I have developed a tool which I thought could be of use to all of you out there. It is primarily designed to refresh the desktop wallpaper at set intervals which may not sound like a big deal but in certain scenarios it will be of use.
If you set your desktop background to a shared background for example of the school logo you will notice that if you change that image (keeping the same path) desktops wont be updated with the new background until you log in and out. This limitation means that you cant easily say have a image with server status or lunch time bulletin unless you accept this limitation until now.
EduGeek Refresh Desktop will actually send the simple windows api at set periods which forces windows to reload the background image which means you no longer have this problem.
It supports several switches such as time interval etc and I personally have been simply creating a hidden shortcut in our redirected start menu to launch it with the required switches.
The program itself is miniscule and also the source is available (its really just a few lines to call the api and check a couple of reg keys) if you want to augment it or just have a nosey.
For us, it cured a unique problem and I thought others may have use for it too.
If you have any problems please report them in the project forum under Forums->Projects->EduGeek Refresh Desktop.
Enjoy.
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